Laundry treating apparatus

ABSTRACT

A laundry treating apparatus is provided. The laundry treating apparatus may include a cabinet having a receiving space in which laundry is received, a supply device supplying at least one of air or moisture into the receiving space, and a presser provided in the receiving space, the presser including a support device to support the laundry and a compression device to compress the laundry supported by the support device to form a crease in the laundry.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This applicationNotice: More than one reissue application has been filedfor the reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 9,309,618. The reissue applications areU.S. Reissue patent application Ser. No. 16/150,401 (the present reissueapplication), Ser. Nos. 16/150,465, and 16/150,515, each filed on Oct.3, 2018, each of which is a continuation reissue application of U.S.Reissue patent application Ser. No. 15/950,943, filed on Apr. 11, 2018,which is a reissue application of U.S. patent application Ser. No.14/332,161, filed Jul. 15, 2014, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,309,618, issuedApr. 12, 2016 which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 to KoreanPatent Application No. 10-2013-0083997 filed on Jul. 17, 2013, whoseentire disclosure is hereby incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND

1. Field

This relates to a laundry treating apparatus.

2. Background

A laundry treating apparatus may perform various operations such as, forexample, washing, drying, deodorization, wrinkle removal, and the likerelated to laundry. Such a laundry treating apparatus may include awasher that washes laundry, a dryer that dries wet laundry, and arefresher that deodorizes laundry or removes wrinkles from the laundry.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The embodiments will be described in detail with reference to thefollowing drawings in which like reference numerals refer to likeelements wherein:

FIGS. 1 and 4 are perspective views of a laundry treating apparatus,FIG. 4 showing the apparatus of FIG. 1 in operation, according toembodiments as broadly described herein;

FIGS. 2A and 2B are side sectional views of the laundry treatingapparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIGS. 3A and 3B are top and side views of a presser of the laundrytreating apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 4; and

FIGS. 5A and 5B are top and side views of a presser according to anotherembodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Reference will now be made in detail to various embodiments, examples ofwhich are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. It should be notedherein that construction of an apparatus, which will hereinafter bedescribed, and a control method of the apparatus are given only forillustrative purposes and embodiments are not limited thereto. Whereverpossible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout thedrawings to refer to the same or like parts.

A laundry treating apparatus may be capable of washing, drying, anddeodorizing laundry and removing wrinkles from the laundry, but maystill utilize a drum to receive laundry and a driving device to rotatethe drum, with deodorization of laundry or removal of wrinkles from thelaundry performed during rotation of the drum. If the laundry is placedin the drum while it is still wrinkled/not straightened, deodorizationof laundry and/or removal of wrinkles from the laundry may be adverselyaffected. Furthermore, such a laundry treating apparatus does notinclude a device which may form a crease in a laundry item, requiringfurther treatment by, for example, an iron, after completion of washingor drying.

As shown in FIG. 1, a laundry treating apparatus 100 as embodied andbroadly described herein may include a cabinet 1, a laundry receivingdevice 3 provided in the cabinet 1, a supply device to supply at leastone of air or moisture to the laundry receiving device 3, and a presser9 provided in the laundry receiving device 3.

The laundry receiving device 3 forms a receiving space 31 defined in thecabinet 1 to receive laundry. The receiving space 31 may be opened andclosed by a door 11 provided at the cabinet 1.

A laundry support device to support laundry items may be provided in thecabinet 1. The laundry support device may include a laundry support bar51 (hereinafter, referred to as a ‘first laundry support bar’) providedin the receiving space 31 and a laundry support bar 53 (hereinafter,referred to as a ‘second laundry support bar’ or ‘first holder’)provided at the door 11.

The first laundry support bar 51 may extend in a width direction of thereceiving space 31 (a width direction of the door) or in a depthdirection of the receiving space 31. In the exemplary embodiment shownin FIG. 1, the first laundry support bar 51 extends in the widthdirection of the receiving space 31.

In this case, laundry may be supported by the first laundry support bar51 via engagement with a hook H provided on a hanger 200 on whichlaundry items are received. Alternatively, the laundry may be directlysupported by the first laundry support bar 51, without the hanger 200.In any case, the laundry items may be spread in the receiving space 31for treatment.

The second laundry support bar 53 provided at the door 11 may also keepthe laundry in a spread state by supporting the hook H of the hanger200. Alternatively, the second laundry support bar 53 may extend in thewidth direction of the door 11 such that the laundry may be directlysupported by the second laundry support bar 53 without the hanger 200.

A machinery compartment 7 may be provided in the cabinet 1, isolatedfrom the receiving space 31. The supply device may be provided in themachinery compartment 7.

As shown in FIG. 2, the machinery compartment 7 may be disposed underthe receiving space 31, and may be opened and closed by a machinerycompartment door 74. In a case in which air or moisture to be suppliedto the receiving space 31 by the supply device is heated air or steam,the heated air or the steam may be uniformly supplied into the receivingspace 31 without an additional blower. The supply device may include atleast one of an air supply device 71 to supply air (heated air orunheated air) to the receiving space 31 and/or a moisture supply device72 to supply moisture (steam or mist) to the receiving space 31.

Hereinafter, a description will be provided of a laundry treatingapparatus 100, as embodied and broadly described herein, based on a casein which the supply device includes both the air supply device 71 andthe moisture supply device 72 and the air supply device 71 suppliesheated air to the receiving space 31 and the moisture supply unit 72supplies steam to the receiving space 31, simply for convenience ofdescription.

The air supply device 71 may include a circulation duct 711 to circulateair in the receiving space 31, a heat exchanger 713 to exchange heatwith air flowing along the Circulation duct 711, and a blower 715 toblow air along the circulation duct 711 and into the receiving space 31.

The circulation duct 711 communicates with the interior of the receivingspace 31 through an air discharge port 35 and an air suction port 36provided in the receiving space 31. The air discharge port 35 and theair suction port 36 may be formed through the bottom of the receivingspace 31 such that the receiving space 31 may communicate with themachinery compartment 7 through the air discharge port 35 and the airsuction port 36. In a case in which one end of the circulation duct 711provided in the machinery compartment 7 is connected to the air suctionport 36 and the other end of the circulation duct 711 is connected tothe air discharge port 35, the circulation duct 711 may communicate withthe interior of the receiving space 31.

The heat exchanger 713 may dehumidify and heat air introduced into thecirculation duct 711. In FIGS. 3A-3B, a heat pump is provided as anexample of the heat exchanger 713. In a case in which the heat exchanger713 is a heat pump, the heat exchanger 713 may include an evaporator Eprovided in the circulation duct 711, a condenser C disposed inside thecirculation duct 711, and a compressor P and an expansion device Exdisposed outside the circulation duct 711. The evaporator E, thecompressor P, the condenser C, and the expansion device Ex may beconnected to one another via a refrigerant pipe 714.

The compressor P may compress a refrigerant to a high pressure such thatthe refrigerant may be circulated along the refrigerant pipe 714. Theevaporator E may absorb heat from air in the circulation duct 711 toevaporate the refrigerant. The condenser C may discharge heat to air inthe circulation duct 711 to condense the refrigerant.

The blower 715 maybe disposed in the circulation duct 711 to circulateair in the receiving space 31 through the circulation duct 711. Theblower 715 may be disposed between the condenser C and the air dischargeport 35.

When the blower 715 is driven, air in the circulation duct 711 movesinto the receiving space 31 through the air discharge port 35 and air inthe receiving space 31 moves into the circulation duct 711 through theair suction port 36. The air introduced into the circulation duct 711through the air suction port 36 is cooled while passing though theevaporator E. The air having passed through the evaporator E is heatedwhile passing through the condenser C.

When the air is cooled while passing through the evaporator E, moistureis removed from the air (dehumidification) and the moisture (condensedwater) removed from the air remains on the surface of the evaporator Eor in the circulation duct 711.

In a case in which the condensed water remains in the circulation duct711, heat exchange efficiency of the heat exchanger 713 is lowered. Forthis reason, the laundry treating apparatus 100 may include a drainagedevice to remove the condensed water produced by the evaporator E.

The drainage device may include a drainage tank 745 detachably providedat the machinery compartment door 74 and a drainage pipe 747 and adrainage pump 749 to supply condensed water in the circulation duct 711to the drainage tank 745.

The shape of the drainage tank 745 is not particularly restricted solong as the drainage tank 745 provides a space to store liquid. Forexample, the drainage tank 745 may include a drainage tank lid 7451 todischarge liquid stored in drainage tank 745 and an inlet port 7453 towhich the drainage pipe 747 is detachably connected.

A check valve may be provided in the inlet port 7453 such that thedrainage pipe 747 is separated from the inlet port 7453 when themachinery compartment door 74 opens the machinery compartment 7, and thedrainage pipe 747 is inserted into the inlet port 7453 when themachinery compartment door 74 closes the machinery compartment 7. Waterin the drainage tank 745 may also be prevented from leaking out of thedrainage tank 745 when the drainage tank 745 is separated from themachinery compartment door 74.

As shown in FIG. 2B, the moisture supply device 72 may include a storagedevice 721 provided in the machinery compartment 7, a heater 725provided in the storage device 721, and a moisture supply pipe 727 toconnect the storage device 721 to a moisture discharge port 37.

The storage device 721 may store water, the heater 725 may heat waterstored in the storage device 721 to convert the water into steam, andthe moisture supply pipe 727 may guide steam from the storage device 721to the receiving space 31. Consequently, the heater 725 may be providedadjacent to the bottom of the storage device 721 and the moisture supplypipe 727 may be disposed at the top (or the uppermost end) of thestorage device 721.

Water is supplied to the storage device 721 through a water supplydevice. The water supply device may include a water supply tank 743detachably provided at the machinery compartment door 74.

The storage device 721 may also include a connection pipe 723, which isconnected to the water supply tank 743 when the machinery compartmentdoor 74 closes the machinery compartment 7 and is separated from thewater supply tank 743 when the machinery compartment door 74 opens themachinery compartment 7.

The shape of the water supply tank 743 is not particularly restricted aslong as the water supply tank 743 is capable of storing liquid. Forexample, the water supply tank 743 may include a water supply tank lid7431 to supply liquid into the water supply tank 743, an outlet port7433 into which the connection pipe 723 is inserted, and a check valve7435 provided in the outlet port 7433.

The water supply tank 743 may be detachably provided at the machinerycompartment door 74, taking into consideration a case in which thelaundry treating apparatus 100 according to the current embodiment isinstalled remotely from a water supply source.

That is, in a case in which the laundry treating apparatus 100 isprovided adjacent to the water supply source, the storage device 721 mayreceive water from the water supply source when necessary. On the otherhand, in a case in which the laundry treating apparatus 100 is installedremotely from the water supply source, water cannot be directlysupplied, so the water supply tank 743 may provide for a supply of waterto the moisture supply device 72.

Rather than supplying heated water or steam into a drum during rotationof the drum to deodorize laundry or remove wrinkles from the laundry,the laundry treating apparatus 100 according to embodiments as broadlydescribed herein supplies heated water or steam into the receiving space31 while keeping laundry in a straight, spread out manner in thereceiving space 31, thereby preventing the laundry from being wrinkledafter the supply of steam or heated water is completed.

The presser 9 shown in FIG. 1 may fix a crease in laundry received inthe receiving space using steam and heated water supplied to thereceiving space 31.

The presser 9 may be provided at any position in the receiving space 31as long as the steam and/or the heated water supplied into the receivingspace 31 can be supplied to laundry. FIG. 1 shows a case in which thepresser 9 is provided at the inner circumferential surface of the door11 (the surface of the door forming one surface of the receiving space31) by way of example.

The presser 9 may include a support device 91 provided at the innercircumferential surface of the door 11 to support laundry and acompression device 93 rotatably provided at the support device 91 or thedoor 11 to compress the laundry supported by the support device 91.

The compression device 93 may include a body 931 rotatably coupled theinner circumferential surface of the door 11 or the support device 91and a mesh 937 provided at the body 931 to guide the steam or the heatedwater introduced into the receiving space 31 to the laundry supported bythe support device 91.

FIG. 1 shows a case in which the body 931 is coupled to the door 11 by abody hinge 933 provided at an inner peripheral surface of the door 11.An end of the body 931 opposite the hinged end may be detachably fixedto the inner surface of the door 11 by attaching and detaching device971 and 973.

The attaching and detaching devices 971 and 973 may include a protrusion971 provided at one of the door 11 or the body 931 and a receivinggroove 973 provided at the other of the door 11 or the body 931 suchthat each protrusion 971 may be detachably coupled into a correspondingreceiving groove 973.

The body 931 may include a body through hole 935 allowing the supportdevice 91 communicate with the receiving space 31. The mesh 937 may beprovided in the body through hole 935, which is formed through the body931.

The support device 91 may include a support plate fixed to the innercircumferential surface of the door 11, received in a presser receivinggroove 13 depressed in the inner surface of the door 11.

The support plate may include a first support plate 911 and a secondsupport plate 913 spaced apart from each other by a predetermineddistance although in certain embodiments the support plate may be asingle plate or board.

The support device 91 includes the first support plate 911 and thesecond support plate 913 such that a seam of a laundry item supported onthis support device 91 may be positioned in a space S defined betweenthe first support plate 911 and the second support plate 913 to preventunnecessary wrinkles from being formed on the laundry due to the seamwhen the laundry is compressed toward the support device 91 by thecompression device 93.

The first support plate 911 and the second support plate 913 may includethrough holes 917 formed through the respective support plates 911 and913. The surfaces of the respective support plates 911 and 913 may bespaced apart from the surface of the presser receiving groove 13 by apredetermined distance. As a result, heated air or steam suppliedthrough the mesh 937 may pass through the laundry supported by therespective support plates 911 and 913 and then be discharged into thereceiving space 31.

The support device 91 may also include an elastic member 915 to fix therespective support plates 911 and 913 to the presser receiving groove 13such that the laundry supported by the respective support plates 911 and913 may come into tight contact with the body 931 of the compressiondevice 93 in a state in which the respective support plates 911 and 913are spaced apart from the surface of the presser receiving groove 13 bythe predetermined distance.

In a case in which the support device 91 includes both the first supportplate 911 and the second support plate 913, the elastic member 915 mayinclude a first elastic body 9151 to connect the first support plate 911to the presser receiving groove 13 and a second elastic body 9153 toconnect the second support plate 913 to the presser receiving groove 13.

The shape of the elastic member 915 is not particularly restricted aslong as the elastic member 915 is capable of performing this function.In FIGS. 3A and 3B, the elastic member 915 have a board or plate shape,by way of example.

That is, the elastic member 915 shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B may be a leafspring formed by bending opposite ends of a metal plate toward themiddle of the metal plate, by way of example. In this case, the middleof the leaf spring is fixed to the presser receiving groove 13 and thefree ends of the leaf spring are fixed to the respective support plates911 and 913.

Fixing grooves 919, into which the free ends of the leaf spring areinserted, may be further provided at the rear surfaces of the respectivesupport plates 911 and 913 facing the presser receiving groove 13 suchthat the elastic member 915 may be easily coupled to the support plates911 and 913.

The presser 9 having the above-described structure may be operated asshown in FIG. 4.

A user may fix a laundry item, such as trousers, having a creasepreformed thereon, on a hanger and connect a hook of the hanger to thesecond laundry support bar 53 provided at the door 11 to position thelaundry at the support device 91. The user may adjust the position ofthe laundry such that a sewing line SL, or seam, of the laundry ispositioned in the space S defined between the first support plate 911and the second support plate 913.

After the laundry is supported by the support device 91, the userrotates the body 931 of the compression device 93 toward the supportunit 91 such that the protrusion(s) 971 provided at the door 11 areinserted into the receiving grooves 973 provided at the body 931 to fixthe body 93 to the door 11.

In a case in which the laundry has a crease preformed thereon, the usermay adjust the position of the laundry such that the crease may becompressed at interfaces between the body 931 and the respective supportplates 911 and 913. In a case in which the user wishes to form a newcrease on the laundry although the laundry has no crease preformedthereon, the user may position the laundry at the interfaces between thebody 931 and the respective support plates 911 and 913 such that thecrease can be formed at a desired position.

After the body 931 of the compression device 93 is fixed to the door 11by the attaching and detaching device 971 and 973, the user closes thedoor 11 to close the receiving space 31 and then operates at least oneof the air supply device 71 or the moisture supply device 72. Heated airor steam supplied into the receiving space 31 through the air supplydevice 71 or the moisture supply device 72 is supplied to the laundrythrough the mesh 937 provided at the compression device 93. The heatedair or steam supplied to the laundry moves to the receiving space 31 viathe presser receiving groove 13 through the through holes 917 providedat the respective support plates 911 and 913.

When the heated air or steam is supplied to the laundry fixed by thepresser 9, wrinkles are removed from the laundry and the crease of thelaundry positioned at an interface between the support device 91 and thecompression device 93 may be set.

Consequently, a laundry treating apparatus 100, as embodied and broadlydescribed herein, may form a crease on laundry as well as deodorize thelaundry and remove wrinkles from the laundry.

In certain embodiments, the compression device 93 may further include acompression plate to more easily form the crease of the laundrypositioned at the interface between the support device 91 and thecompression device 93. The compression plate may include a firstcompression plate 938 and a second compression plate 939 fixed to thebody 931 and extending in a longitudinal direction of the laundry. Theedge of the first compression plate 938 may be, for example, parallel tothat of the first support plate 911 and the edge of the second supportplate 913 maybe, for example, parallel to that of the second compressionplate 939.

In certain embodiments, the presser 9 may also include a fixing device95 (hereinafter, also referred to as a ‘holder’ or ‘second holder’)rotatably provided at the door 11 to more easily fix the position of thelaundry supported by the support device 91. The fixing device 95 mayinclude a fixing plate 951 formed in the shape of a bar or a board and afixing plate hinge 953 to rotatably fix the fixing plate 951 to theinner surface of the door 11. In a case in which the second laundrysupport bar 53 is provided above the support device 91, the fixingdevice 95 may be positioned under the support device 91.

FIG. 5A is a top view of a presser 9 provided in the laundry treatingapparatus 100 according to another embodiment as broadly describedherein. The presser 9 shown in FIG. 5A includes an elastic memberprovided at a compression device 93 is different from that of theelastic member provided at the presser shown in FIGS. 1 to 4.

More specifically, the presser 9 according to this embodiment alsoincludes a support device 91 provided in the presser receiving groove 13and a compression device 93 rotatably provided at the door 11 tocompress laundry toward the support device 91. The support device 91includes a first support plate 911 and a second support plate 913provided in the presser receiving groove 13, spaced apart from eachother by a predetermined distance S.

The compression device 93 may include a body 931 rotatably provided atthe inner surface of the door 11, a body through hole 935 formed throughthe body 931, and a mesh 937 fixed in the body through hole 935.

The compression device 93 may also include a first compression plate 938supported at the body 931 by a first elastic body 9151 and a secondcompression plate 939 supported at the body 931 by a second elastic body9153. In this case, the first compression plate 938 and the secondcompression plate 939 may further include through holes 917 formedthrough the respective compression plates 938 and 939 such that steam orheated air supplied through the mesh 937 may flow to the support device91.

A presser 9 shown in 5B has essentially the same basic structure as thepresser 9 shown in FIG. 5A. However, in the presser 9 shown in FIG. 5B,a first compression plate 938 and a second compression plate 939 areconnected to a body 931 via a link structure.

That is, the first compression plate 938 may be connected to the body931 via a first link 9155 and the second compression plate 939 may beconnected to the body 931 via a second link 9157.

In certain embodiments, elastic bodies, such as springs, may also beprovided at interfaces between the respective links 9155 and 9157 andthe respective compression plates 938 and 939, and at interfaces betweenthe respective links 9155 and 9157 and the body 931, such that therespective links 9155 and 9157 may return to initial positions thereofwhen the body 931 is separated from a support device 91.

The respective compression plates 938 and 939 may be connected to thebody 931 via the respective links 9155 and 9157 to prevent wrinkles frombeing formed on laundry due to the respective compression plates 938 and939 when the body 931 is rotated toward the support device 91.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 or 5A, the respective compressionplates 938 and 939 may move in the width direction of the door 11 whenthe body 931 is coupled to the respective support plates 911 and 913. Ina case in which the body 931 is coupled to the respective support plates911 and 913, unnecessary wrinkles or creases may be formed on thelaundry.

In the presser shown in FIG. 5B, on the other hand, the respectivecompression plates 938 and 939 only move toward the surface of the body931 when the body 931 is coupled to the respective support plates 911and 913. As a result, wrinkles or creases are prevented from beingformed on the laundry due to respective compression plates 938 and 939.To this end, the respective links 9155 and 9157 may be provided betweenthe respective compression plates 938 and 939 and the body 931, inclinedat a predetermined angle to connect the respective compression plates938 and 939 to the body 931.

A laundry treating apparatus is provided that is capable of easilydrying, deodorizing, and sterilizing laundry and easily removingwrinkles from the laundry.

A laundry apparatus, as embodied and broadly described herein, mayinclude a cabinet having a receiving space to receive laundry, a supplyunit to supply at least one selected from between air and moisture intothe receiving space, and a presser including a support unit provided inthe receiving space to support the laundry and a compression unit tocompress the laundry supported by the support unit to form a crease onthe laundry.

The support unit may be fixed to an inner circumferential surface of thereceiving space, and the compression unit may be rotatably provided atthe inner circumferential surface of the receiving space.

The laundry treating apparatus may also include a door rotatablyprovided at the cabinet to open and close the receiving space, whereinthe presser may be provided at an inner circumferential surface of thedoor facing the receiving space.

The support unit may be fixed to the inner circumferential surface ofthe door, and the compression unit may be rotatably fixed to the innercircumferential surface of the door.

The compression unit may include a body rotatably fixed to the innercircumferential surface of the door to compress the laundry support bythe support unit, and a body through hole formed through the body.

The compression unit may also include a mesh provided in the bodythrough hole.

The compression unit may also include a compression plate provided atthe body to compress the crease of the laundry toward the support unit.

The compression plate may also include a first compression plate and asecond compression plate fixed to the body while being spaced apart fromeach other by a predetermined distance.

The door may also include a presser receiving groove depressed in aninner circumferential portion thereof, and the support unit may includea support plate disposed in the presser receiving groove.

The support unit may also include an elastic member provided in thepresser receiving groove to elastically support the support plate.

The support plate may include a first support plate disposed in thepresser receiving groove to support the laundry in a longitudinaldirection and a second support plate disposed in the presser receivinggroove to support the laundry in the longitudinal direction, the secondsupport plate being spaced apart from the first support plate by apredetermined distance, and the elastic member may include a firstelastic body to support the first support plate and a second elasticbody to support the second support plate.

The first support plate and the second support plate may also includethrough holes formed through the respective support plates, and thefirst support plate and the second support plate may be spaced apartfrom the presser receiving groove by a predetermined distance due to thefirst elastic body and the second elastic body.

The door may also include a laundry support bar to which one end of thelaundry is fixed, and the presser may further include a fixing unit tofix the other end of the laundry supported by the laundry support bar tothe door.

The laundry support bar may be positioned above the support unit, andthe fixing unit may be positioned under the support unit.

The laundry treating apparatus may also include a machinery compartmentprovided under the receiving space in a state in which the machinerycompartment is isolated from the receiving space, wherein the supplyunit may include an air supply unit provided in the machinerycompartment to supply heated air to the receiving space and a moisturesupply unit provided in the machinery compartment to supply steam to thereceiving space.

Any reference in this specification to “one embodiment,” “anembodiment,” “example embodiment,” etc., means that a particularfeature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with theembodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the invention. Theappearances of such phrases in various places in the specification arenot necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Further, when aparticular feature, structure, or characteristic is described inconnection with any embodiment, it is submitted that it is within thepurview of one skilled in the art to effect such feature, structure, orcharacteristic in connection with other ones of the embodiments.

Although embodiments have been described with reference to a number ofillustrative embodiments thereof, it should be understood that numerousother modifications and embodiments can be devised by those skilled inthe art that will fall within the spirit and scope of the principles ofthis disclosure. More particularly, various variations and modificationsare possible in the component parts and/or arrangements of the subjectcombination arrangement within the scope of the disclosure, the drawingsand the appended claims. In addition to variations and modifications inthe component parts and/or arrangements, alternative uses will also beapparent to those skilled in the art.

What is claimed is:
 1. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising: acabinet having a receiving space to receive laundry; a door rotatablycoupled to the cabinet to open and close an access opening of thereceiving space; a supply device that supplies at least one of air ormoisture into the receiving space; and a presser provided at an innersurface of the door, facing an interior of the receiving space in aclosed position of the door, the presser including a support deviceconfigured to support the laundry in the receiving space and acompression device configured to compress the laundry between thecompression device and the support device, wherein the support device isfixed to the inner surface of the door, and the compression device isrotatably coupled to the inner surface of the door so as to rotaterelative to the support device and selectively extend across the supportdevice.
 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the compression deviceincludes: a body rotatably coupled to an inner circumferential surfaceof the door and configured to rotate to a position against the supportdevice so as to compress the laundry supported by the support devicebetween the support device and the compression device; and a bodythrough hole formed through the body.
 3. The apparatus of claim 2,wherein the compression device further includes a mesh panel provided inthe body through hole.
 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein thecompression device further includes at least one compression plateprovided at the body and configured to compress a corresponding portionof the laundry toward the support device.
 5. The apparatus of claim 4,wherein the at least one compression plate includes: a first compressionplate fixed to the body; and a second compression plate fixed to thebody, spaced apart from the first compression plate by a predetermineddistance.
 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the door further includesa presser receiving groove formed as a recess in the inner surface ofthe door, and the support device includes at least one support plateprovided in the presser receiving groove.
 7. The apparatus of claim 6,wherein the support device further includes at least one elastic deviceprovided in the presser receiving groove to elastically support the atleast one support plate.
 8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the atleast one support plate includes: a first support plate provided in alongitudinal direction in the presser receiving groove and configured tosupport the laundry; and a second support plate provided in thelongitudinal direction in the presser receiving groove and configured tosupport the laundry, the second support plate being spaced apart fromthe first support plate by a predetermined distance, and wherein the atleast one elastic device includes: a first elastic device elasticallysupporting the first support plate in the presser receiving groove; anda second elastic device elastically supporting the second support platein the presser receiving groove.
 9. The apparatus of claim 8, whereinthe first support plate and the second support plate are each spacedapart from the presser receiving groove by a predetermined distance bythe first elastic device and the second elastic device, respectively,and the first and second support plates each include at least onethrough hole extending therethrough.
 10. The apparatus of claim 9,wherein a through hole formed in a body of the compression device guidesheated air or moisture generated by the supply device from the receivingspace to the laundry supported on the supporting device, and throughholes in the support device guide the heated air or moisture which haspassed through the laundry back to the supply device.
 11. The apparatusof claim 6, wherein the door further includes a laundry support barconfigured to have a first end portion of the laundry fixed thereto, andthe presser includes a fixing device configured to have a second endportion of the laundry fixed thereto such that the laundry is held inposition between the support device and the compression device by thelaundry support bar and the fixing device.
 12. The apparatus of claim11, wherein the laundry support bar is positioned above the supportdevice on the inner surface of the door, and the fixing device ispositioned below the support device on the inner surface of the door.13. The apparatus of claim 1, further including: a machinery compartmentprovided under the receiving space, the machinery compartment beingpartitioned from the receiving space, wherein the supply device includesan air supply device provided in the machinery compartment to supplyheated air to the receiving space and a moisture supply device providedin the machinery compartment to supply steam to the receiving space. 14.A laundry treating apparatus, comprising: a cabinet having a receivingspace formed therein; a machinery compartment formed in the cabinet,below the receiving space and partitioned from the cabinet; a supplydevice provided in the machinery cabinet and configured to supply atleast one of heated air or moisture into the receiving space; a doorrotatably coupled to the cabinet so as to selectively open and close anaccess opening into the receiving space; and a presser provided on aninterior wall defining the receiving space, wherein the presserincludes: a support device provided on the interior wall and configuredto support a laundry item thereon; and a compression device rotatablycoupled to the interior wall, at a position corresponding to the supportdevice, and configured to rotate relative to the support device so as toextend across the support device and compress the laundry item betweenthe support device and the compression device, wherein the compressiondevice includes: a body formed as a frame that is rotatably coupled tothe interior wall, the frame of the body defining an opening; and a bodythrough hole formed through the body.
 15. The apparatus of claim 14,wherein the support device includes: first and second support platespositioned side by side, with a space therebetween, in a presserreceiving groove formed as a recess in the interior wall; a firstelastic device provided between the first support plate and the presserreceiving groove and a second elastic device provided between the secondsupport plate and the presser receiving groove, the first and secondelastic devices elastically supporting the first and second supportplates and maintaining a predetermined gap between the first and secondsupport plates and the presser receiving groove, respectively; and aplurality of first through holes formed in the first support plate and aplurality of second through holes formed in the second support plate.16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the compression device furtherincludes: a mesh panel provided in the opening formed in the body, and afirst compression plate and a second compression plate coupled to thebody, positioned side by side and spaced apart from each other apredetermined distance, wherein the compression device is rotatablycoupled to the interior wall by a hinge provided at a first lateral edgeof the body, and wherein the compression device and the support deviceare selectively coupled against each other by an attaching deviceprovided at a second lateral edge of the body of the compression device,opposite the first lateral edge thereof.
 17. The apparatus of claim 16,wherein the attaching device includes a plurality of protrusions formedon one of the body of the compression device or the interior wall of thereceiving space, and a corresponding plurality of receiving groovesformed in the other of the body of the body of the compression device orthe interior wall of the receiving space, wherein the plurality ofprotrusions are respectively received in the plurality of receivinggrooves to fix the compression device against the support device andcompress the laundry item received therebetween, and the plurality ofprotrusions are released from the plurality of receiving grooves torotate the compression device away from the support device.
 18. Theapparatus of claim 16, wherein openings formed in the mesh panel of thecompression device guide the at least one of heated air or moisturegenerated by the supply device to the laundry item compressed betweenthe compression device and the support device, and the plurality offirst through holes and the plurality of second through holesrespectively formed in the first and second support plates of thesupport device guide the at least one of heated air or moisture whichhas passed through the laundry item into the presser receiving groovefor discharge.
 19. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising: a cabinethaving a receiving space to receive laundry; a door rotatably coupled tothe cabinet to open and close an access opening of the receiving space;a supply device that supplies at least one of air or moisture into thereceiving space; a laundry press provided at an inner surface of thedoor, facing an interior of the receiving space in a closed position ofthe door, the laundry press including a support and a compression deviceconfigured to compress the laundry against the support; and at least oneholder provided at the inner surface of the door and configured to holda position of the laundry relative to the support, wherein the supportis mounted on the inner surface of the door, and the compression deviceis rotatably coupled to the inner surface of the door so as to rotaterelative to the support, and wherein the at least one holder includes afirst portion mounted to the inner surface of the door and a secondportion that extends below the support.
 20. The laundry treatingapparatus of claim 19, wherein the at least one holder has a bar shape.21. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 20, wherein the bar shapeincludes a length of the at least one holder that is greater than aheight or a thickness of the at least one holder.
 22. The laundrytreating apparatus of claim 20, wherein the at least one holder includesa plate having the bar shape and positioned to apply pressure to asurface of the laundry toward the inner surface of the door.
 23. Thelaundry treating apparatus of claim 20, wherein one of the at least oneholder is fixed to the inner surface of the door near a first lateralside of the door near a door hinge.
 24. The laundry treating apparatusof claim 19, wherein the at least one holder extends laterally, parallelto a bottom edge of the support.
 25. The laundry treating apparatus ofclaim 19, wherein the at least one holder is positioned a prescribeddistance below a bottom end of the support.
 26. The laundry treatingapparatus of claim 25, wherein the at least one holder includes a firstsurface that faces the inner surface of the door, the first surfacebeing positioned adjacent to a front surface of the support such thatthe laundry is held stationary by the first surface of the at least oneholder.
 27. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 26, wherein the atleast one holder is configured to hold the laundry stationary byapplying pressure on the laundry below the bottom end of the support.28. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 25, wherein the compressiondevice extends down below the bottom end of the support such that thecompression device covers the at least one holder positioned below thesupport when the compression device is in a closed state.
 29. A laundrytreating apparatus, comprising: a cabinet having a receiving space toreceive laundry; a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet to open andclose an access opening of the receiving space; a supply device thatsupplies at least one of air or moisture into the receiving space; and alaundry press provided at an inner surface of the door, facing aninterior of the receiving space in a closed position of the door, thelaundry press including a support and a compression device configured tocompress the laundry against the support; a first holder, at least aportion of the first holder extending in a first direction; a secondholder, the first holder and the second holder being configured to holdthe laundry stationary on a front surface of the support, and at least aportion of the second holder extending in a second directionperpendicular to the first direction when holding the laundry stationaryon the front surface of the support, wherein the support is mounted onthe inner surface of the door, and the compression device is rotatablycoupled to the inner surface of the door so as to rotate relative to thesupport, and wherein the second holder is positioned below the supportto hold at least a portion of the laundry.
 30. The laundry treatingapparatus of claim 29, wherein the first holder is positioned above thesupport and the second holder is positioned below the support.
 31. Thelaundry treating apparatus of claim 29, wherein the second holder has abar shape, the bar shape having a length that is greater than a heightor a thickness of the bar shape.
 32. The laundry treating apparatus ofclaim 29, wherein the second holder includes a plate having the barshape and positioned to apply pressure to a surface of the laundrytoward the inner surface of the door.
 33. The laundry treating apparatusof claim 29, wherein the second holder is fixed to the inner surface ofthe door near a first lateral side of the door near a door hinge. 34.The laundry treating apparatus of claim 29, wherein the second holderextends laterally, parallel to a bottom edge of the support.
 35. Thelaundry treating apparatus of claim 29, wherein the second holder ispositioned a prescribed distance below a bottom end of the support. 36.The laundry treating apparatus of claim 35, wherein the second holderincludes a first surface that faces the inner surface of the door, thefirst surface being positioned adjacent to the front surface of thesupport such that the laundry is held stationary by the first surface ofthe second holder.
 37. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 36,wherein the second holder is configured to hold the laundry stationaryby applying pressure on the laundry below the bottom end of the support.38. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 29, wherein the compressiondevice extends down below the bottom end of the support such that thecompression device covers the second holder positioned below the supportwhen the compression device is in a closed state.